NFX 0012 UK 7 COUNTRYSIDE 1
01. Willow Warbler ( Phylloscopus trochilus ) 2'14" Mono
CU song, Robin, Song Thrush, Great Tit and other birds in distance. USE: Hedgerow, Farmland, Heath, Moor and Coastal scrub; W, E & Southern N. Europe. TIME: late April-June.
02. Willow Warbler ( Phylloscopus trochilus ) 3'02" Mono
CU song, Song Thrush, Chaffinch, Robin and other birds in distance. USE & TIME: As track 1.
03. Grass Fields, Heath, Moor atmosphere 1'51"
Wind over grass, calls from Pheasant, Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit, Curlew and Cuckoo, wind in low bushes. USE: UK. TIME: late April-mid June.
04. Meadow Pipit ( Anthus pratensis ) 0'30"
CU song in flight, distant Chaffinch and wind over grass. USE: W,E & N Europe, without Chaffinch then Iceland. TIME:April-July.
05. Meadow Pipit ( Anthus pratensis ) 0'16"
CU song in flight and descent, Skylark in b/g. USE: W,E & N Europe. TIME: Mid March-July.
06. Quail ( Coturnix coturnix ) 1'30" Mono
MCU calls, distant Skylark and traffic, slight wind in crop. USE: Crop fields usually Barley, grasslands; C & S England, E Ireland, W & E Europe, W Russia. TIME: Usually early morning and evening, will call at other times, May-July.
07. Quail ( Coturnix coturnix ) 3'37" Mono
MCU calls, distant Skylarks and traffic at times, wind in crop. USE & TIME: As track 6.
08. Quail ( Coturnix coturnix ) 3'15" Mono
CU calls, slight wind in crop, distant Skylarks and traffic at times. USE & TIME: As track 6.
09. Quail ( Coturnix coturnix ) 2'34" Mono
CU calls, slight wind in crop, distant Skylark, distant tractor at one point. USE & TIME: As track 6.
10. Quail ( Coturnix coturnix ) 3'25" Mono
CU calls, slight wind in crop, Skylark and Grey Partridge in distance, faint traffic at times. USE & TIME: As track 6.
11. Quail ( Coturnix coturnix ) 3'18" Mono
CU calls, slight wind in crop, distant Skylark. USE & TIME: As track 6.
12. Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) 0'45"
CU song in flight and descent, slight wind in crop field, Blackbird and other birds in distance. USE: Europe, not Iceland. TIME: April-June.
13. Crop fields, Grassland atmosphere 4'36"
Skylarks, Blackbirds, Linnets, Cuckoo, Magpie, hum from insects, slight wind in wheat, Crows, Pheasant, Willow Warbler and faint tractor at times. USE: W, E & south N Europe. TIME: late April-June.
14. Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ), Linnet ( Carduelis cannabina ) 0'16"
CU calls from Skylark flying out of crop, other Skylarks and insects in b/g, CU flight call from Linnet at end. USE: Europe, except far north and Iceland. TIME: All year.
15. Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) 1'30"
MCU song in flight, Cuckoo, Rooks and other birds in distance, Pheasant and insects in b/g, wind in crop, distant tractor at times. USE: W, E & southern N Europe. TIME: late April-June, without Cuckoo: April-Sept.
16. Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) 2'14"
MCU song in flight from two birds, Cuckoo, Blackbird and Raven in distance, slight wind in crop. USE: Western UK; C, E & southern N Europe. TIME: late April-June.
17. Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) 1'58"
CU-MCU song in flight, tractor in distance, slight wind in crop, distant Blackbird, Pheasant and dog at end. USE: As track 15. TIME: April-June.
18. Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) 3'28"
CU song, distant Crows, cattle, Magpies, Cuckoo, Blackbird, Pheasant; lark descends at end, faint aircraft at end. USE & TIME: As track 15.
19. Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) 0'38"
CU song in flight and descent, Crows and Blackbird in distance. USE & TIME: As track 17.
20. Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) 1'25"
CU-distant song in flight from bird passing over-head, Crows, cattle, Blackbird in distance, hum from insects, slight wind in crop. USE & TIME: As track 17.
21. Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) 2'41"
CU-MCU song in flight, other Skylarks, Pheasant, Blackbird, Crows in distance, slight wind in crop, bird descends at end. USE & TIME: As track 17.
22. Skylark ( Alauda arvensis ) 1'13"
CU-MCU calls in flight from a flock over fields, calls from Dunnock and Redwing, distant Crows and Pink-footed Geese. USE: Coastal fields in E. Britain and NW Europe. TIME: Nov.-early March.
23. Richard's Pipit ( Anthus novaeseelandiae ) 0'09" Mono
CU flight calls, windy b/g. USE: Occurs as a regular vagrant in W Europe, usually on long-grass fields and coastal meadows, Main range eastern Siberia and from Pakistan to China. TIME: In W. Europe Sept-Nov, sometimes winters, in main range all year except in north.
24. Little Owl ( Athene noctua ) 2'11"
CU contact or territorial calls with CU alarm calls given at Tawny Owl calling in distance, slight wind in leaves. USE: England and Wales, W, E & S Europe, W. North Africa and N. Middle East. TIME: Evening and early part of night, early morning, in Spring sometimes during day. Will call all year, but most vocal in spring and summer.
25. Little Owl ( Athene noctua ) 0'21"
CU-distant alarm calls at presence of Tawny Owl, dog and Robin in distance. USE & TIME: As track 24.
26. Little Owl ( Athene noctua ) 0'50"
MCU alarm calls at Tawny Owl which calls in the distance, faint traffic. USE & TIME: As track 24.
27. Little Owl ( Athene noctua ) 2'19"
CU contact or territoral calls, Great Green Bush Crickets stridulating in b/g,slight wind in bushes. USE: Heath and coastal areas of S. England and South Wales. TIME: Summer, evenings and early part of night.
28. Little Owl ( Athene noctua ) 1'14"
CU advertising calls and bill snaps, Tawny Owl in distance, wind in leaves at times. USE & TIME: As track 24.
29. Great Green Bush Cricket ( Tettigonia viridissima ) 0'41" Mono
CU stridulation, Tawny Owl hoots in distance. USE & TIME: As track 27.
30. Heath, Coastal Downland atmosphere 2'39"
Great Green Bush Cricket ( Tettigonia viridissima ) MCU stridulation with others in b/g, Tawny Owl hoots in distance. USE & TIME: As track 27.
31. Bullfinch ( Pyrrhula pyrrhula ) 1'34" Mono
MD-MCU calls and song, Willow Warbler, Blackbird, Rooks and insects in distance. USE: W & E Europe. TIME: late April-June. 32. Robin ( Erithacus rubecula ) 1'02" MonoCU song, Wren in distance, faint Bullfinch. USE: W, E & N Europe. TIME: late April-June.
32. Goldfinch ( Carduelis carduelis ) 0'33" Mono
CU calls at start, becoming softer, wing-beats from it and another, Willow Warbler and other birds in distance. USE: W & E Europe, not N. Scotland. TIME: late April-July.
33. Bullfinch ( Pyrrhula pyrrhula ) 0'37" Mono
CU calls, Goldcrest, Willow Warbler and Wren in b/g. USE: W, E & N Europe. TIME: April-July.
34. Wren ( Troglodytes troglodytes ) 1'22" Mono
CU song, Chiffchaff and other birds in distance. USE: W, E & N Europe, not Scotland. TIME: Mid April-July.
35. Bullfinch ( Pyrrhula pyrrhula ) 1'02" Mono
CU calls at first, then MCU song and calls, Blackbird in b/g, Willow Warbler and sheep in distance. USE & TIME: As track 34.
36. Robin ( Erithacus rubecula ) 2'25" Mono
CU song, Blackbird and Blackcap in b/g, Willow Warbler, Coal Tit and other birds in distance. USE: W & E Europe, S Scandinavia, not N Scotland. TIME: April-June.
37. Blackcap ( Sylvia atricapilla ) 1'20" Mono
CU song with Wren; Rooks, Robin, Song Thrush and Buzzard in b/g. USE: W & E Europe, not C Europe or N. Scotland. TIME: April-June.
38. Blackcap ( Sylvia atricapilla ) 1'05" Mono
CU song with Redstart in b/g, Blackbird, Wren and ocassionally Chiffchaff and Rooks in distance. USE: Open woodland, edgeof Heaths, mature stands of Hawthorn; W & E Europe, not Ireland or N Scotland. TIME: Mid April-June.
39. Great Tit ( Parus major ) 0'24" Mono
CU metallic song, Wren and Robin in distance, faint Green Woodpecker. USE: W & E Europe, not Ireland or N Scotland. TIME: March-June.
40. Redstart ( Phoenicurus phoenicurus ) 0'59" Mono
CU calls and song, Willow Warbler and Blackbird in distance. USE: W, E & N Europe, not Ireland. TIME: Mid April-July.
41. Swallow ( Hirundo rustica ) 1'21" Mono
MD-MCU calls from several in flight and sat on wires, Robin, Raven, Magpie and tractor in distance, buzz from insects, slight wind in bushes. USE: W. England, Scotland, Ireland, N, C. E & S Europe. TIME: Aprll-September.
42. Swallow ( Hirundo rustica ) 1'41" Mono
MCU calls and song from a flock sat on wires, corrigated metal sheets blow-ing and banging in wind, insects buzzing, windy b/g. USE: Farmland/Farmyard, Europe. TIME: August-September.
Recorded: Somerset 26-4-96, 16-6-96, 22-8-88, 2-5-95. New Forest 8-6-96, Gloucestershire 28-6-95, Norfolk 2-11-95, Cape Clear 26-8-96. Recorded by Nigel Tucker. Recorded digitally in Left & Right Stereo, unless stated Mono.